After the first week of training, Valley manager Tony Dobson has started to piece together his squad for the coming season.

By RTFC Online

	Ex-Bedworth & Telford midfielder Ben Twigger has signed for Rugby for the 09/10 season

Dobson has signed thirteen players on so far and is still looking for one or two new faces in addition to the trialists training with the club currently.

Last season's Player of the Season Stephan Morley has backtracked on a move to UniBond Premier side King's Lynn and instead has opted to remain with Rugby.

The 22-year old put in some excellent displays last season attracting the attention of several clubs but the ex-Kettering & Corby defender signed on last night for Valley after training.

Dobson has also added two new faces to the squad including central midfielder Ben Twigger.

Twigger, 25, was Bedworth United's captain for the majority of last season before joining promotion-chasing Atherstone Town for the last few games to help their play-off cause.

The diminuitive midfielder started his career with Hinckley United before moving on to Bedworth, AFC Telford and Rushall Olympic before returning to the Greenbacks.

Also joining Valley this season is youthful winger Allondo Davis from Evesham United. Davis made a big impact when he signed for the Robins during the 2007/8 season from Midland Combination side Continental Star although a knee injury restricted his impact in the Zamaretto Premier last season.

In addition to the contract players Andy Stevens, Delroy Gordon and David Kolodynski, Dobson has retained the majority of last season's squad with club captain Craig Herbert, Tom Breward, Matt Gearing, Steve Purton, Marcel Simpson and Neil Melvin all signing.

Meanwhile, striker Dave Pearson is on holiday and winger David Staff is to see a specialist concerning a knee injury picked up at the tail end of last season.

Several other trialists including ex-Worcester City and Hinckley United striker Leon Kelly and Rugby-born former Crewe Alexandra academy forward Josh Thompson have trained with the club this week with Dobson expected to run the rule over them in the coming weeks.

Ex-Valley youth team Player of the Season Sean Castleton, 18, has also signed and will try and make the step up from the youth set-up. The young centre back impressed last season for the reserves and has appeared on the bench for the first team without making an appearance as yet.

Also rejoining the club is striker Matt Wells who left the club in 2006. Matt, who progressed through the club's youth system, scored one goal in nine appearances for Valley in 2005/6 under Billy Jeffrey.

Midfielder Scott Musgrove has not been retained.